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global domains, spanning from environmental implications to financial ramifications of the fuel economy to pushes in oil development and science. This paper explored the need for fuel efficiency, characterised by developing and adopting engine oils with low viscosity and minimal volatility. The NOACK volatility test, which has been standardised under ASTM D5800, has emerged as a pivotal focal point in the ongoing evolution of methodologies aimed at quantifying the percentage of volatility loss. This test has gained prominence, particularly in recent initiatives focused on mitigating volatility and enhancing overall product stability - allowing for improved ICE efficiency and reduced harmful emissions into the environment.
Dr. Raj Shah is a Director at Koehler Instrument Company in New York, where he has worked for the last 28 years. He is an elected Fellow by his peers at IChemE, CMI, STLE, AIC, NLGI, INSTMC, Institute of Physics, The Energy Institute and The Royal Society of Chemistry. An ASTM Eagle award recipient, Dr. Shah recently coedited the bestseller, “Fuels and Lubricants handbook”. He earned his doctorate in Chemical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and is a Fellow from The Chartered Management Institute, London. Dr. Shah is also a Chartered Scientist with the Science Council, a Chartered Petroleum Engineer with the Energy Institute and a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering council, UK. Dr. Shah was recently granted the honourific of “Eminent engineer” with Tau beta Pi, the largest engineering society in the USA. He is on the Advisory board of directors at Farmingdale university (Mechanical Technology), Auburn Univ (Tribology), SUNY, Farmingdale, (Engineering Management) and State university of NY, Stony Brook (Chemical engineering/ Material Science and engineering). An Adjunct Professor at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, in the Department of Material Science and Chemical engineering, Raj also has over 575 publications and has been active in the
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energy industry for over 3 decades. Contact: rshah@
koehlerinstrument.com
Ms. Mrinaleni Das, Mr. Nicholas Douglas and Ms. Palaknoor Kaur are part of a thriving internship program at Koehler Instrument company in Holtsville, and are honor students at Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY.
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